#45B0BC#45B0BC

#45B0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.098 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45B0BC
RGB	rgb(69, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -26.61, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 30.64, 209.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0882 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.098 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0528, 35.9438, 53.0793)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45B0BC #BC5145

analogous

#45BC8C #45B0BC #4575BC

triadic

#45B0BC #BC45B0 #B0BC45

tetradic

#45B0BC #8C45BC #BC5145 #75BC45

square

#45B0BC #8C45BC #BC5145 #75BC45

split-complementary

#45B0BC #BC4575 #BC8C45

monochromatic

#245D63 #348790 #45B0BC #72C3CC #9FD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#45B0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#45B0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45B0BC

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45B0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45B0BC	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45b0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.098 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c8d0',
    500: '#45b0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45b0bc;
$custom-light: #86c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45b0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.05,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45B0BC

secondary

#C99994

accent

#5F51D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #45B0BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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